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A gunman opened fire overnight in a Southern California bar and country music venue. The Ventura County sheriff said the bar was crowded with more than 100 people, many of them college students. The gunman, who hasn’t been identified “Middle Eastern’ appearance opens fire at bar in Thousand Oaks, California. …

The artist whom President Obama chose to paint his official portrait had painted black women decapitating white women in the past. As is the custom for American presidents who have recently left office, on Monday, Barack and his wife, Michelle, presented their official portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in …

USOC officials are pleased that their current delegation includes more African-Americans and Asian-Americans than any previous one – and even the first two openly gay But they also recognize that this year’s US Olympic team is still overwhelmingly white. “It’s not enough yet,” said Jason Thompson, Director of Diversity and …

Pyongyang has recently announced negotiations with the South, has called for joint participation with the South in the Olympics, and has even mentioned the possibility of reunification. Their new position was viewed with surprise by the international community. This sudden change is not a first in history. Whenever the situation …

U.S. coffee chain Starbucks Corp said Tuesday it will hire 2,500 refugees in Europe as part of a wider worldwide hiring plan, months after the policy prompted a backlash from some customers. The world’s largest coffee chain said it would hire the refugees at its European stores starting in eight …

Via the Daily Mail – Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducted a series of raids The 'routine' operations mainly targeted those with criminal convictions Trump said removal of immigrants was in keeping with his campaign promise Undocumented migrants say they live in fear the raids will 'tear families apart' …

"Build the wall!" was only a part of President Trump migratory policy. Donald Trump has ordered his new administration to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants. The US President’s sweeping new executive order on immigration, which he signed on the fifth day of his presidency, includes a paragraph mandating the Secretary …

Via Reuters – Billionaire investor George Soros will partner with Mastercard Inc on a venture they said could help migrants, refugees and others struggling within their communities worldwide to improve their economic and social status. The partnership, Humanity Ventures, stems from a pledge Soros made in September to earmark up to …

General Michael Flynn has been offered the post of national security adviser in Donald Trump’s administration. Flynn is a senior intelligence officer and during the election campaign he was vociferous in his denunciation of Hillary Clinton, even leading the chants for her to be locked up. He is also a …

Washington, D.C. — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump declared at the Value Voters Summit on Friday that the migrant crisis from the Middle East and North Africa could be the “all-time great Trojan Horse.” Speaking to a crowd of mostly Christian, Republican activists at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, he rattled …